ATC mixed media backgrounds...GIVE AWAY!!!

five packs to give away...



real texture...these are not prints




ten background ATCs per pack



yes I am having a give away...just because I feel like it!

I have been playing with backgrounds and uploading to YouTube all the fun I am having.

Now I have so much beautiful paper that I created...what should I do? Have a give away!

How can you win one of the five packs?

Simple...leave a comment here, telling me what you would do if you won one of the packs.

Feel free to share...I will draw five random winners on the first of March

good luck!

Mr Stitchy makes butterflies



I don't try for perfection when I sew...to me it is much more fun if you just let Mr Stitchy have his own way with the fabric




painting doesn't need to be perfect either...art should be enjoyable




don't be afraid to try a vast mix or mediums on your project...

JD was my model for this giant flutterby..,



even Miss Tilly tried it on...





smaller versions...what will become of them?



catching up and a card

I thought I'd share a pic of a class I'll be running next year...it's a card!

I know I have been pretty quiet of late but I am still unpacking from the move...I have so much stuff that I just can't find a place for, it is so frustrating to go from renting a large house to renting a small house. I don't have a studio any more, so it's back to the kitchen table for me and my crafty stash is in just about every room in the house...yup even the kids rooms have crates of my stuff. I am working on a few projects too! I finally had a play with my new Brother ns50 sewing machine yesterday while working on my apron for the international swap I am hosting through Facebook. I am really excited about 2012 because I have been asked to teach in New Zealand! I have a few friends over there and I really hope I will get to catch up with them.

fused

it's no secret that I love fusible films and other heat activated goodies...I love to use my heat gun and wood burning tools whenever I can.

The top photo is shards of fusible film sandwiched between sheets of a product called Magic Film, it stays pretty flexible, so it would be easy to use your sewing machine on it.

The second and third picture from the top is ff shards sandwiched between sheets of Lamifix...this product ends up quite stiff...I don't suggest using your sewing machine on it...you could burn holes and hand stitch easily though. To get yourself either of those products just pop over to The Thread Studio.

The rest of the photos are shards of ff that I fused between full sheets of ff, I heat set with my iron and then used my heat gun and woodburning tools to play around with each piece